Shipping-crate.



UNITED JOHN E. NEEB, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

SHIPPING-CRATE.

Application filed .Tune 18, 1907.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 14, 1909.

Serial No. 379,547.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, JOHN E. Zen of the United States, residing at LosAngeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Shipping-Crates, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to a shipping crate which is especially adapted forthe shipment of bottles or the like and which require a crate of strongand rigid construction provided with means for sealing.

The object of my invention is to provide a crate which is strong enoughto aii'ord ample protection to the 'goods placed therein and which isprovided with means for holding the seal without any danger of the samebeing accidentally broken or displaced. 1 accomplish this object bymeans of the device herein described and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which :-a

Figure lz-is a perspective view of my improved crate as it appears whensealed. Fig. 2:-is a perspective view of the same, the cover beingremoved and a part of the crate being broken away. Fig. 3 .-is anenlarged detail view of the means on the crate for holding the sealwires.

Referring to the drawings 5 designates a box or crate composed of bottompiece G, end pieces 7, side pieces S and to piece 9. The side and endpieces are preferably secured together by means of inter-locking jointsbound with straps 10. End pieces 7 are further provided with raisedpanels 11 on their inner faces which are adapted to bear against posts1Q situated in the corners of ls 11. Corner NEEB, a citithe crate at theends of pane posts 12 are preferably beveled on their outer edges so asto form a stronger corner construction, it not being necessary in casesfor bottles or the like to have square corners on the inside.

Top 9 is provided with two cleats 13 which end flush with the frontedgel of the top but project a short distance beyond the back edge andare adapted to t into recesses 14 on back side S of the box so that top9 panels 11, fitting flush with the top of the box. Near the front edgeof the top a hole 15 is provided through which seal wires 16 are adaptedto pass. A similar hole 17 is provided in the top edge of front sidepiece 8 for the passage of seal wires 16, a groove 1S in side piece Sand a groove 19 in top S) connecting holes 15 and 1T and in which theseal wire is adapted to lie below the surface of the out-side of thebox. Seal 2O may be turned downwardly from the position shown in Fig. 1so as to project inside the box and thus obviate all danger' of beingaccidentally broken or displaced.

1t will be observed that 1 have provided a shipping crate which isespecially strong and rigid and therefore adapted particularly may restupon to the shipment of bottled goods or the like.

1t will further be noted that 1 have provided means for protecting theseal on the crates from any danger of being broken or displaced and thusinsuring the arriva-l of contained goods at their destination withoutbeing tampered with.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is z- A shipping crate comprising bottom, end and sidepieces, said end pieces being integrally provided on their inner faceswith raised panels shorter than the inside width of the crate andextending short of the height of the crate, one of the side pieces beingprovided with an aperture, corner posts between the ends of said paneland said side pieces and of the same height as said panels, and a toppiece adapted to lie within the end and side pieces and upon the panelsflush with t-he edges of the end and side pieces, and having a cleatadapted to enter said opening in the side wall.

In witness that 1 claim the foregoing. have hereunto subscribed my namethis 10th day of J une, 1907.

JOHN E. NEEB.

Vitnesses TRIMBLE BARknLnw, EDMUND A. S'rRAUsE.

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